A jam submission

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Bird of Hermes is a click and drag game where you solve code and combined items to creat the philosopher's stone.

Submitted by Scales and Scones entertainment (@scales_n_scones) — 1 day, 15 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Theme	#1256	2.500	2.500
Cleverness	#1413	2.500	2.500
Playability	#1486	2.000	2.000
Artistic Style	#1697	2.000	2.000

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.

Puzzle was too difficult for me to figure out. Got the black stone and then got stuck. Would have liked a way to open the clues and leave them open. Red text was difficult to read. Black would be better. Good theme implementation.
I didn't understand how to play the game. The game should be self-evident. I'm not sure what to do. However, I can appreciate the direction you were going in. Keep at it and try to make it a little more player friendly.

Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes

Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
you use your left mose butten to click and drag items on to one and other. if the combination is corekt a new item is created. some items can only be gotten after a code is enterd in to a text zone. IMPORTENT: MAKE SURE TO HIT ENTER AFTER WRITING TEXT IN THE TEXTBAR

Extra Notes
thank you for tacking your time playin the game, i hope you like it

Google doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L7B6YYbLSYbSYS63DAGPR_VqebHamKvLy9CohANwEZk/edit?usp=sharing

Comments

Team RicewineSubmitted122 days ago(+1)

Tricky little puzzle but I got it in the end. Neat little experience!

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QUINTESSENTIAL

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Scales and Scones entertainmentDeveloper121 days ago

thank you for playing!😊

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GoodSoopSubmitted129 days ago(+1)

I have just spent way too long trying to beat this, and still failed!
The text codes were fairly simple, I got the black stone, I found the place you can write the name of he who ** his own **. But the game is just too unresponsive to keep looking.
Still, nice job for an escape room, with some touches and polish, this could be a really fun one!

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Ghost Soup

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Scales and Scones entertainmentDeveloper128 days ago (2 edits)

Thank you for taking your time playing, what part do you find unresponsive? Is it where you enter the text for the triangles or is it that the code is not working for you? For the text you have to hit enter after typing it in to the textbar😊

Or if it about the frog? The frog is not supposed to be able to move, if you are able to do that then it’s a bug

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GoodSoopSubmitted128 days ago

No I got the frog! It's after getting rid of the frog, and getting the 2 triangles together, that's where I couldn't figure it out. When I hit the frog with the knife there wasn't like an indicator it would work, it just happened. So I spent some time just putting objects over eachother, but after a while I just gave up :p

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Scales and Scones entertainmentDeveloper128 days ago

ah i see! Well different notes are for different steps, if you feel up for it I would suggest looking at the Albedo and seal of Solomon notes😁

Did you find the name of **his own**?

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ImahilusSubmitted132 days ago(+1)

Interesting puzzle; feels very escape-room-esque!

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The Other Doctor

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Scales and Scones entertainmentDeveloper131 days ago

thank you for playing :)